Trace-buckle



M. Z. JOHNSON.

(No Model.)

TRACE. BUCKLE.

Patented May 2, 1882.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,336, dated May 2, 1882.

Application filed March 23,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARSHALL Z. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, resident of Robinson, in the county of Crawford and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side view of my improved buckle, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to trace-buckles and it consists in the construction and novel 7 arrangement of the side bars of the frame,

curved inward at the ends joined by the hametug bar and outward at the ends connected by the breeching loop-bars, the side bracket and tongue for the back-band billet and the main tongue for the trace or tug engaging the breeching loop-bar, all as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointedout in the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the upper side bar, and b the lower side bar, of the buckle-frame. These bars are bent or curved inward at their forward ends, and connected by the depressed bar 0, to which the hame-tug d is secured. At their rear ends the side bars are bent or curved outward or raised and connected by the end bars, a e, which form an end loop for the attachment of the breeching-strap. An intermediate bar, connects the side bars and carries the main tongue 71., which engages the trace or tug k,

the free end ofthe tongue resting on the inner loop-bar, c.

From the upper side bar, a, between thede' pressed end bar, 0, and the ton gue-bar g, rises a bracket or lateral frame, nfforming aloop for the passage of the billet of the back-band downward under the trace or tug. On the side bar, a, is located the eye I of a tongue, m, which extends upward and engages a perforation, 9, of the back-band billet '10. The trace loop of the buckle lies between the breeching loop-bars c c and the intermediate bar, g. Through this loop the trace end passes forward over the end of the hame-tug which is secured to the depressed bar 0, the extremity t of the trace being confined by a fancy loop, 8, on the hams-tug. The back band billet 20 passes downward under the trace, whereby it is confined in position downward below the buckleframe to form abillet for the belly-band. This buckle is designed to render the traces easily adjusted, as well as the back-band billets, and it will save a great deal of material and labor in making the harness.

Having described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The trace and back-band buckle consisting of the side bars, a b, curved inward or depressed in front and connected by the hame tug bar 0, and raised at their rear ends and connected by the breeching loop-bars c c, the intermediate bar, g, carrying the main or trace tongue h, and the raised bracket 1%, extending from the upper side bar, a, the latter carrying a tongue, in, for the back-band billet, substantiall y as specified.

Intestimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

MARSHALL Z. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM. J. LAMB, Q GEORGE W. BACON. 

